Battery Backup for
Fort Saskatchewan homes.
Fort Saskatchewan Battery Backup Installation
When the grid drops, the EP Cube takes over in under 20 milliseconds — whether you're home or four days into a Heartland rotation. No pull-cord, no fuel, nobody has to be there. Installed by our in-house Red Seal Master Electrician, with the City of Fort Saskatchewan permit and inspection included.
What battery backup costs in Fort Saskatchewan.
An installed EP Cube battery backup in Fort Saskatchewan costs $19,381 (9.9 kWh) to $24,723 (19.9 kWh) all-in — battery, hybrid inverter, Master Electrician install, engineering, and the City of Fort Saskatchewan permit and inspection. At about 10 kWh per day of critical loads it runs 24 to 48 hours, with automatic switchover in under 20 milliseconds.
Every EP Cube size, priced all-in for the Fort.
Same fixed pricing in Fort Saskatchewan as everywhere we install — no travel fee up Highway 21. Every price below includes the EP Cube battery, its built-in hybrid inverter, installation by our Master Electrician–led crew, engineering, and the City of Fort Saskatchewan electrical permit and inspection. No hidden line items.
| EP Cube 1.0 size | Typical fit in Fort Saskatchewan | Runtime @ ~10 kWh/day critical loads | Installed price (all-in) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.9 kWh | Essentials: fridge, freezer, furnace fan, lights, Wi-Fi | ~24 hours | $19,381 |
| 13.3 kWh | Essentials plus the sump pump through spring melt | ~32 hours | $21,578 |
| 16.6 kWh | Newer two-storey homes in Southfort and Westpark | ~40 hours | $22,942 |
| 19.9 kWh | Whole-home priority loads, rural-fringe acreages, solar pairing | ~48 hours | $24,723 |
Take $1,000 off any size when the battery is bundled with a new solar install (the bundle discount does not apply to battery-only retrofits). Because the EP Cube grows in modular 3.3 kWh steps, the unit you buy now can be expanded to 19.9 kWh whenever you're ready. Ask about the new EP Cube 2.0 (5–40 kWh modular), offered on consultation pricing. And a blunt note for the Fort: Alberta has zero battery rebates in 2026, so treat any rebate promise as guesswork. Full pricing breakdown →
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What each size keeps running — and for how long.
Continuous output doesn't change with size: every EP Cube pushes 7.6 kW, which carries the fridge, freezer, furnace fan, lights, sump pump and Wi-Fi all at once. In a river town where the sump pump earns its keep every spring melt, capacity decides how long they keep running.
| What's running | Draw | 9.9 kWh | 13.3 kWh | 16.6 kWh | 19.9 kWh |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fridge + freezer only | 150W | ~66 hrs | ~88 hrs | ~110 hrs | ~132 hrs |
| Furnace fan | 500W | ~20 hrs | ~26 hrs | ~33 hrs | ~40 hrs |
| Critical loads bundle* | ~10 kWh/day | ~24 hrs | ~32 hrs | ~40 hrs | ~48 hrs |
*The critical-loads bundle assumes the fridge, freezer, furnace fan, lights, sump pump, Wi-Fi and phone charging are all drawing at once. Actual runtime varies with usage. Add rooftop solar and the clock stops mattering — the battery refills every day, so outage coverage effectively never runs out.
Why Fort Saskatchewan homes are adding battery backup.
Alberta's grid has already rehearsed the argument. The evening of January 13, 2024, every phone in the Fort buzzed at 6:44 p.m. with a province-wide emergency alert as the AESO declared a grid alert and asked Albertans to cut usage immediately. Then April 5, 2024 moved from warning to reality: rotating outages that shed roughly 244 MW of firm load between 8:53 and 9:16 a.m. Day to day, FortisAlberta customers — that's the Fort's wires utility — average under 1.3 hours of outage a year. Short and rare, but always unannounced. And in a town where a big share of households run 4-on-4-off Heartland rotations, the outage that matters is the one that hits while nobody's home.
Nobody home to start it
A 4-on-4-off rotation at Dow, Sherritt or the refineries means the house sits with an empty driveway for days at a stretch. A portable generator waits for someone to wheel it out, fuel it and pull the cord. The EP Cube switches over in under 20 milliseconds on its own — sump pump running, freezer cold, furnace protected at −30°C.
Fort permit, Fortis wires
Battery permits here go through the City of Fort Saskatchewan, and your wires belong to FortisAlberta — not EPCOR, not ATCO. Rural-fringe acreages on longer Fortis feeders see fewer but longer outages, which is exactly the profile a battery covers best. Our in-house Red Seal Master Electrician pulls the permit; the City inspection is coordinated for you.
Straight math, no sales pitch
There are no residential time-of-use rates in Alberta, so there's no rate arbitrage to promise — what you're buying is resilience plus solar self-consumption. A battery on its own won't shrink an Alberta bill, and we'd rather tell you that up front. Its real job: the furnace fan, sump pump and fridge stay alive when the grid can't manage it.
“Our solar was installed four years ago by a different company. When we asked them about adding battery backup, they said they couldn’t figure out the integration. Stellar got it done. The EP Cube ties into our existing solar and our Generac standby, and the system manages itself — solar by day, battery at night, generator as final backup. We don’t worry about outages anymore.”
Every job is run by the Stellar Upgrades team under our Red Seal Master Electrician — the same way we've completed 550+ installs since 2018.
Four steps. Typically 4–6 weeks.
Free assessment
We inspect your panel and garage wall, walk through which circuits you want backed up — sump pump included — recommend the right EP Cube size, and confirm your exact all-in price. No obligation.
Engineering & permit
Our team prepares the drawings and our in-house Red Seal Master Electrician pulls the electrical permit with the City of Fort Saskatchewan — the Fort's actual permit authority.
One-day install
Mounting, wiring, the panel tie-in and the automatic-switchover setup all happen in a single day on site. Battery-only work also leaves the FortisAlberta meter alone — no swap required.
Inspection & commissioning
City inspection, commissioning, and EP Cube app setup on your phone — so you can check the house from the plant. From signed agreement to a commissioned battery typically takes 4–6 weeks.
Your permit carries a Red Seal Master Electrician's name.
Because a battery ties into your main panel and reconfigures how the house takes power, the law requires its electrical permit to be pulled by a licensed electrical contractor. Stellar's in-house Red Seal Master Electrician is named on every permit we pull, in Fort Saskatchewan and everywhere else we work. Subcontracting isn't how we operate — the same crew that prices your battery is the one that shows up to install it. Batteries are wall-mounted in the attached garage in most Fort homes — the standard location under Alberta STANDATA Variance 21-ECV-064-900-ESS, with capacity capped at 20 kWh per unit and 40 kWh per dwelling by CEC Rule 64-918.
Payroll, not subcontracts
Every certified electrician on your job works under our Master Electrician of record. No subcontractors on any residential install, ever.
$5M insured · BBB A+
We carry $5M in general liability insurance, hold BBB A+ accreditation and current WCB clearance, and have had the same Master Electrician on every permit since opening in 2018.
Built to the letter of the code
Attached-garage mounting follows Alberta STANDATA Variance 21-ECV-064-900-ESS, capacity follows CEC Rule 64-918, the hardware is NEMA 4X-rated, and Canadian Solar backs it with a 10-year / 6,000-cycle warranty.
Asked in the Fort.
Ready for outage-proof power in the Fort?
Free assessment, exact all-in price before you commit, and a commissioned battery typically 4–6 weeks after you sign — working for you even when the driveway's empty.
$0-down financing available · Pre-qualification won't affect your credit score
More for Fort Saskatchewan homeowners.
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One visit: your panel gets checked, the switchover wiring gets planned, and your exact all-in price gets confirmed. No obligation. 20 minutes.
The free assessment covers an on-site look at your electrical panel, a plan for which circuits stay backed up, EP Cube sizing against your real loads, and a firm installed price — no obligation attached.
- Free assessment — no obligation
- Exact all-in price before you commit
- $0 down financing
- Master electricians — no subcontractors
- City of Fort Saskatchewan permit & inspection handled
"The EP Cube ties into our existing solar and our Generac standby, and the system manages itself — solar by day, battery at night, generator as final backup. We don’t worry about outages anymore."